Oscar Winners 2017: Full List

Brian Cullinan handed the wrong envelope to presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, leading them to call the evening’s top prize for La La Land rather than the real victor, Moonlight, according to reports citing the firm and other unnamed sources.

The decline in viewership for the Oscars breaks the streak of higher ratings for award shows in 2017 after both the Grammys and Golden Globes showed gains over previous year.

It’s the second-lowest best-picture Oscar victor domestically following 2009’s The Hurt Locker, which cost $15 million and brought in $17 million at the North American box office.

Despite the falling ratings, the show is still likely to end up as the year’s most-watched entertainment telecast.

For the two accountants in charge of guarding the exalted Oscars envelopes, the final minutes of the 89th Academy Awards were supposed to be the culmination of weeks of hard work – a triumphant moment to cap off yet another prominent success.

“[‘Moonlight’ playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney] and I are this kid”.

Jenkins continued: “You have these two groups of people who came together for a second. It was an imperfect situation and it was an imperfect statement that didn’t come out the right way but it is what it is”.

EYES ON THE PRIZE Academy Awards 2017 nominees – who’s on the list, who’s hosting and who’s performing?

Of course, that doesn’t matter when the presenter is handed the wrong envelope. Addressing the mix-up, Best Actress Oscar victor Emma Stone, who was at the backstage press conference, was quoted saying that she was holding her Best Actress card the whole time.

Nobody ever talks about what a good job the Oscar host did. “This sends a strong message to the film industry that it needs to embrace inclusive stories if it wants to remain competitive and relevant”.

Todd Boyd, professor of cinema and media studies at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, is wary of reading too much into one year’s Oscar results. Hollywood is cured!’ ” Boyd said. “We had our friends and some of the younger generation there and they were having a ball”.

“We clearly made a mistake and once the mistake was made, we corrected it and owned up to it”.

Though she played a key role in sparking the diversity debate, Reign said the diversity reflected in this year’s Academy Awards can’t be chalked up to the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag – nor should it be.

While not quite as gasp-inducing as the gaff that preceded its win, “Moonlight” will surely rank alongside, if not above, shockers like “Shakespeare in Love” (over “Saving Private Ryan”) and “Crash” (over “Brokeback Mountain”) for sheer, oh-my-god surprise.

Emma Stone explained that she actually had her card with her the whole night, she had taken it after being awarded Best Actress earlier on.